Nation in Focus

November 13, 2013 1:40 AM

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Texas A&M student Garrett Mitchell, a member of Parsons Mounted Cavalry, works with his horse at Fiddler's Green near the Texas A&M campus in College Station, Texas at sunset Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Members of the notable Texas A&M Corps of Cadets unit, the only mounted ROTC unit in the nation, were taking the animals through an obstacle course to build confidence. (AP Photo/Bryan-College Station Eagle, Stuart Villanueva) less

Texas A&M student Garrett Mitchell, a member of Parsons Mounted Cavalry, works with his horse at Fiddler's Green near the Texas A&M campus in College Station, Texas at sunset Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Members of ... more

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Amanda Cellmer pushes her son Bracen, 2, on the swing at City Park on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 12, 2013 in Casper, Wyo. Cellmer and her sons Bracen, Jacob, 5, and Caleb, 3, decided to take advantage of the balmy weather and spend the afternoon in the park. (AP Photo/Casper Star-Tribune, Dan Cepeda) less

Amanda Cellmer pushes her son Bracen, 2, on the swing at City Park on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 12, 2013 in Casper, Wyo. Cellmer and her sons Bracen, Jacob, 5, and Caleb, 3, decided to take advantage of the balmy ... more

Photo: Dan Cepeda, Associated Press

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The silhouettes of bundled roses are seen at the Dramm & Echter growing facility in Encinitas, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to release wholesale inventories figures on Nov. 15. Photographer: Sam Hodgson/Bloomberg less

The silhouettes of bundled roses are seen at the Dramm & Echter growing facility in Encinitas, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to release wholesale inventories ... more

Photo: Sam Hodgson, Bloomberg

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A firefighter sifts through the smoking remnants of a 4-alarm fire, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of New York. FDNY officials say 11 people, including eight firefighters, suffered minor injuries after a 4-alarm fire ripped through the seven-story Queens residential building. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) less

A firefighter sifts through the smoking remnants of a 4-alarm fire, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of New York. FDNY officials say 11 people, including eight firefighters, suffered ... more

Photo: John Minchillo, Associated Press

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A woman is silhouetted as she walks down a staircase at the Dubuque, Iowa County Courthouse Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/The Telegraph Herald, Jeremy Portje)

A woman is silhouetted as she walks down a staircase at the Dubuque, Iowa County Courthouse Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/The Telegraph Herald, Jeremy Portje)

Photo: Jeremy Portje, Associated Press

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Unseasonably cold weather and just a dusting of snow Tuesday morning, Nov. 12, 2013, decorates fallen leaves in Alton, Ill. Temperatures, which only reached into the low 30's Tuesday, are expected to climb back to a more normal high in the mid-50's as the week progresses. (AP Photo/The Telegraph,John Badman ) THE NEWS-DEMOCRAT AND THE POST-DISPATCH OUT less

Unseasonably cold weather and just a dusting of snow Tuesday morning, Nov. 12, 2013, decorates fallen leaves in Alton, Ill. Temperatures, which only reached into the low 30's Tuesday, are expected to climb ... more

Photo: John Badman, Associated Press

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Chris Carson of Ashville, North Carolina, visits the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial in downtown Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Church bells tolling throughout Dallas and a moment of silence at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 22 will mark the moment 50 years ago when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. A year of commemorative events organized by organizations throughout the city culminates this month with a solemn ceremony the city of Dallas has planned in Dealey Plaza, where Kennedy's motorcade was passing as shots rang out. (AP Photo/LM Otero) less

Chris Carson of Ashville, North Carolina, visits the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial in downtown Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Church bells tolling throughout Dallas and a moment of silence at 12:30 p.m. on ... more

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 12: Workers start removing pieces of scaffolding on the Washington Monument after repairing the damage caused by the earthquake in 2011, on November 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. The National Park Service estimated repairs would cost roughly $15 million to repair large cracks in the structure. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) less

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 12: Workers start removing pieces of scaffolding on the Washington Monument after repairing the damage caused by the earthquake in 2011, on November 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. The ... more

This Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013 photo provided by Christie's New York shows the bidding during the auction for the 1969 painting by Francis Bacon, "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" in New York. "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" was sold at Christie's postwar and contemporary art sale for over $142 million in New York, a record for most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. (AP Photo/Christie's Images LTD. 2013) less

This Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013 photo provided by Christie's New York shows the bidding during the auction for the 1969 painting by Francis Bacon, "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" in New York. "Three Studies of ... more

Mya Cabrera, 14, hugs her father Senior Chief Petty Officer Juan Cabrera Tuesday Nov. 12, 2013, in Nampa, Idaho. Cabrera had just finished reading a poem during a special veterans assembly at Nampa High School about how she missed her father, who has been deployed in Kuwait and Afghanistan for the past six months serving in the U.S. Navy, when he made the surprise visit. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman,Darin Oswald) LOCAL TV OUT (KTVB 7) less

Mya Cabrera, 14, hugs her father Senior Chief Petty Officer Juan Cabrera Tuesday Nov. 12, 2013, in Nampa, Idaho. Cabrera had just finished reading a poem during a special veterans assembly at Nampa High ... more

Nampa High students and other civic representatives honor veterans during a special Veterans Day assembly that included the unfurling of a giant U.S. Flag Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013 in Nampa, Idaho. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Darin Oswald) LOCAL TV OUT (KTVB 7) less

Nampa High students and other civic representatives honor veterans during a special Veterans Day assembly that included the unfurling of a giant U.S. Flag Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013 in Nampa, Idaho. (AP Photo/The ... more

Photo: Darin Oswald, Associated Press

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Alec Baldwin leaves criminal court in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Baldwin testified Tuesday that he never had a sexual or romantic relationship with Canadian actress Genevieve Sabourin, who accused of stalking him. He said that after they met she began leaving dozens of voice mails for him a night and eventually started threatening to show up at his homes. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) less

Alec Baldwin leaves criminal court in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Baldwin testified Tuesday that he never had a sexual or romantic relationship with Canadian actress Genevieve Sabourin, who accused of ... more

A passing jet plane catches sunset light above the darkening Chugach Mountains on late Monday Nov. 11, 2013, in a view from the Seward Highway along Turnagain Arm near Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Erik Hill) LOCAL TV OUT (KTUU-TV, KTVA-TV) LOCAL PRINT OUT (THE ANCHORAGE PRESS, THE ALASKA DISPATCH) less

A passing jet plane catches sunset light above the darkening Chugach Mountains on late Monday Nov. 11, 2013, in a view from the Seward Highway along Turnagain Arm near Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Anchorage ... more